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Wanted to share with you one of my favorite photos, taken near Multnomah Falls.

Homemade Wallpaper

I wanted to share with you, my newest art creation. This project cost me a total of $15.00. It's a cheap way to create your own wallpaper without the cost of buying a pre-made one. Extremely useful for college students with low budgets.

All you need is some cheap paper, either newspaper or scrap paper. Next, you want to head to the store and buy some double-sided tape and spray paint. Preferably black but if you want to spice up your sky, and got some cash to burn get some blue and purple. Then spray paint all the paper you're using, sometimes it's good to go back over and spray twice. I only sprayed the newspaper once, the reason being I didn't have a large budget. Then once you have completed spray painting all the paper, start attaching the double-sided tape to the back of each paper.
Align all the paper on your wall, try to cover as much area as possible depending how big you want your city or landscape. Once all the paper is up, you'll need a pen and an X-acto knife. Now I used random object's laying around to create the outlines of my buildings such as, books, tissue box, rulers, a CD, and cardboard. Feel free to create whatever you want, I had a vague idea of the image I wanted. Use the X-acto knife and cut out all the outlined areas. Depending on where you cut, you may have to go back and add more tape.
I also have plans to add stars, a mountain range and airplanes. Here's the photo when it's darker.

Photo Magic

Today, I would like to thank the makers of Adobe Photoshop CS4 for providing magnificent editing abilities. The photo on the top left is a raw image of Moulton Falls taken by my friend Caitlin. Obviously, the photo lacks color, life and appeal (not her fault). I decided to jump on my computer with Photoshop and add some beauty to this photo. If you're not a professional photographer, not worries, this program gives you a chance to make up any lack of skill. I've been taking photos and using Photoshop for nearly 6 years now. Personally I find having a photo editing program allows a large amount of flexibility. When I was in high school, I remember taking photos with film, then processing the photos and hoping they'd turn out somewhat decent. Occasionally, I walked away with a glorious photo but after discovering photoshop, I found all my photos could be easily made perfect. I recommend buying The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers for those who consider themselves newbies. It will make understanding the program a lot easier and help you towards making professional photographs.
     Here is a link to the photo, if you would like to see the larger version.

Definitely a wake up call

      Over the course of my life, I've seen countless movies and documentaries, but nothing comes close to Waking Life. Almost every 15 minutes you spend watching Waking Life, your perspective on society and life change's drastically. This movie provides some mind-bending philosophies on our world. With a team of artists used to color each individual scene in this already over flowing diversity of ideas, only makes it that much more crazy. Full of different and interesting people demonstrating their take on the world gives Waking Life its flavor. Admittedly, I had to take breaks while watching this movie. At moments you find yourself doubting your existence and at times I thought about telling everyone my new insights. However, if you tried explaining some of the radical theories presented in the movie, people would think you've been hit by the looney train. It's definitely a movie I will keep in the back of my mind for the rest of my life.
      I would recommend this movie to anyone seriously curious about life. Though, I am warning you now, you need to view this movie with an open mind.

12/16/08 Today

I guess this will be my first entry into the blog world. Well, let's get the basics cleared before we dip into my airy head. I'm currently in the process of "studying" for finals, hence the time and why I'm procrastinatly writing this blog, however as you know now I'm currently a college student, with a heart destined for the Hollywood lights covering today's directors and producers. My dream job involves anything and everything regarding the movie and television world (not including porn - sorry dudes). My writing skills are potentially equal to a squirrel. I've always loved laughing, and find humor one of the key ingredients towards a healthy attitude on life. Though I've found myself to be extremely pessimistic, generally towards the general safety and outcome of future actions. This steroid conscience has fueled the thought patterns of my brain, and inevitably allocating my life towards its current G.D.I. (god damn individual) college student status. Those of you with the patience to continue reading this rambling gibberish, I'm now going to exit the brief insight of my life and begin this useless blog. The rules are simple, at the beginning of each blog I will post a question, then continue to discuss its meaning until I've driven far off subject or angered the morally competitive tissue I call my brain. Questions #1: Does a person's eye reveal their personality?

I've grown up taught to always look a person straight in the eyes when talking to them, however I was also taught to never judge a book by it's cover (cliche - I know). As the year's have passed, I've found myself comparing people and their personality directly with their eyes. This issue continues to rot in the back of my head while I ponder my life with blue eyes. Would people find me more interesting, pleasing to the eye, or even interpret my character differently? It seems my whole life has been staggered under estimations of my ability to succeed above expectations. Though this problem most likely originated from my leashed personality which rarely steps into the light, I do believe acquiring blue eyes may alter perceptions people develop when first meeting me. I've only recently started piecing my life into the world today and I can't help wonder about a person's eyes. When I see a person with green eyes, I categorize them into a someone with deep understanding of people, decisive, smart, thoughtful, and also arrogant. Blue eyed folk seem to be the hardest to understand, they appear very morally ground, open, and innocently untruthful. The brown eyed people include myself, they take many forms, generally a split between good and bad. These conclusions aren't accurate at all towards everyone, they are simply my interpretations of people based on their eye color (hmm... basing someone off their color, what's that called again?). I almost never judge people simply by their skin or eye color, but I seem to stumble into someone's soul every time their eyes connect with my own. Maybe I'm just ultra sensitive towards eyes, but I've always found eyes to be a gateway towards a person's soul.

To be continued...